A306 crash in Richmond upon Thames on 8 July 1998 at 09:00 involving a Renault Clio
A bicycle and a Renault Clio were involved in a crash on the A306 in Richmond upon Thames at 09:00 on Wednesday 8 July 1998. The 29-year-old male cyclist was slightly injured.
It happened in daylight in fine weather on a dry single carriageway with a 30 mph limit, away from any junction.
- Severity
- Slight
- Date
- 8 Jul 1998
- Wednesday, 09:00
- Vehicles
- 2
- Bicycle and Renault Clio
- Casualties
- 1
- 1 slightly injured
Location of the crash
Police recorded the crash at latitude 51.47277, longitude -0.23763, in the SW13 postcode district and within the built-up area of Richmond upon Thames.
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- 1 crash
- Slight
Collision details
Basic information
- Reference
- 199801TW00396
- Council area
- Richmond upon Thames
- Police force
- Metropolitan Police
Road and location details
- First road class
- A
- First road number
- 306
- Road type
- Single carriageway
- Speed limit
- 30 mph
- Urban or rural
- Urban
- Trunk road
- Non-trunk road
Junction information
- Junction type
- Not at junction or within 20 metres
Pedestrian crossing information
- Crossing facilities
- No physical crossing facility within 50 m
Environmental conditions
- Light conditions
- Daylight
- Weather
- Fine, no high winds
- Road surface
- Dry
The 6 nearest recorded crashes
The nearest, at the same spot, was a serious injury crash on 19 July 2004.
Serious
Ford Fiesta crash on the A306 in Richmond upon Thames, 19 July 2004
At the same spotRef 200401TW00294
Slight
Aprilia crash on the A306 in Richmond upon Thames, 9 December 2002
At the same spotRef 200201TW00639
Slight
Ford Focus crash on the A306 in Richmond upon Thames, 15 June 2007
At the same spotRef 200701TW60193
Slight
Peugeot 205 crash on the A306 in Richmond upon Thames, 27 May 1996
10 m awayRef 199601TW00305
Slight
Yamaha GPD crash on the A306 in Richmond upon Thames, 12 December 2025
18 m awayRef 2025010615052
Serious
BYD Enviro crash on the A306 in Richmond upon Thames, 23 February 2023
21 m awayRef 2023010428800
Vehicles involved (2)
Vehicle 1: Bicycle
Pedal cycle
- Manoeuvre
- Going ahead
- Travelling from
- South East
- Travelling to
- North West
- Hit object in carriageway
- Open door of vehicle
- Driver sex
- Male
- Driver age
- 29 years
Vehicle 2: Renault Clio
Car
- Manoeuvre
- Parked
- Travelling from
- Parked
- Travelling to
- Parked
- First point of impact
- Offside
- Driver sex
- Female
- Driver age
- 17 years
- Engine capacity
- 1,390 cc
- Fuel or propulsion
- Petrol
- Vehicle age
- 5 years
Casualties (1)
Casualty 1: Cyclist
SlightMale, aged 29, on vehicle 1 (Bicycle)
Data source
This record comes from the Department for Transport’s road safety data (STATS19), in which police forces in Great Britain record every road crash reported to them where someone was injured. It is reference 199801TW00396 in the data published on GOV.UK under the Open Government Licence v3.0, and one of the crashes counted in the Richmond upon Thames road accident statistics for 1998.